ROCHE, John Victor
| Service Number: | V57673 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railways Employee |
| Died: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1986, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V57673, 7 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 15 Dec 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V57673, 7 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V57673, 7 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private John Victor Roche (Service No:V57673) served in the ACMF with 7 Battalion from 23 August 1940 to 15 December 1941. Private Roche was one of four siblings (Robert, Andrew and James) who served in WWII.
Jack was born in Maryborough, Victoria in 1916, fifth of seven children of Robert Gubbins Roche (b1877 in Yackanadandah, Victoria) and Alice Mongan (b1883 in Yackandandah, Victoria). Robert worked as a Sluicer and Miner at Allan's Flat and Owen's Flat, and he and Alice married in 1909 at Owen's Flat via Yackandandah. Robert and Alice lived in the Laanecoorie District - Creswick and Maryborough - where they raised their family and Robert was a Miner and Railways Employee.
Apart from his service in the ACMF, Jack lived in Maryborough all his life, working for the Railways (VGR). Jack died in 1986.
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